Service number | 247, NX466 |
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Ranks Held | Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Major, Brigadier |
Birth Date | 1917-08-14 |
Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Kew |
Final Rank | Brigadier |
Service | Australian Army |
Units |
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Place | Kew |
Conflicts/Operations |
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Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1944-04-27 Published in London Gazette in 1970-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1953-11-24 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1970-01-15 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1944-04-27 |
Brigadier George Frederick Larkin
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Temporary Major
- London Gazette
- 27 April 1944 on page 1929 at position 57
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 27 April 1944 on page 895 at position 8
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
- Conflict
- Korea, 1950-1953
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 24 November 1953 on page 6379 at position 1
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Army
- Conflict
- Period 1970-1979
- Rank
- Brigadier
- London Gazette
- 01 January 1970 on page 36 at position 6
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 15 January 1970 on page 336 at position 2
Timeline
Date of birth | 14 August 1917 | |
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Other | 1938 | Graduated from the Royal Military College. |
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 24 April 1940 | |
Other units | 1947-1948 | Headquarters, British Commonwealth Occupation Force. |
Other units | 1953-1954 | Commanding Officer 2 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, Korea. |
Other | 1954-1958 | Military Secretary - Army Headquarters. |
Other | 1966-1968 | ADC to Her Majesty the Queen. |
Date of honour or award | 1969 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire. |
Other | 1972 | Retired. |